Category Archives: Books

Chip Kidd on designing book covers

The eccentric Chip Kidd explains his process of designing and coming up with book covers. There are some good general tips in here after all of the dancing.

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Cycle Style

Photographer Horst Friedrichs heads to London to photograph some of the more stylish frames and riders moving about in that city. He’s collected the images into a book entitled Cycle Style which looks absolutely amazing to flip through. Check out … Continue reading

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The Birth of a Book

Wow, check out this video from The Daily Telegraph showing how a traditional book is made by both machines and by lots of human hands. [via]

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Beer: A Genuine Collection of Cans

Beer: A Genuine Collection of Cans is a new book from Chronicle Books that takes a look at vintage beer cans and their designs. It’s a reach back in history for those who love old tin cans. Dwell has a … Continue reading

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Help the Shutesbury Public Library raise money for a new building

This is just so cute and wonderful! Explore posted the video above from the Shutesbury Public Library in Shutesbury, Massachusetts in hopes that people all over will help them raise $1.4 million so that the state of Massachusetts will chip … Continue reading

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Bitches in Bookshops (parody of Watch The Throne’s “Niggas In Paris”)

Haha, some of the lines in this are pretty great.

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